Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-11-12

Mrs. Parsons Creates sensa4ion I'm Chlea-
go-Governor Oglesby's Position.
!OCHcAoo, November .3.-About noon to-
day Mrs. Lucy Parsons, wife Of the con-
demned anarchist, descended the stairs lead
ing to SpauldinR's printing Office, on CLARK
titled, "Was it Fair Trial" She had her
arms full of tho documents and was selling
them for cents apiece. No attempt at
speech making was made, but the unaccus-
toned spectacle of woman selling an.
archjstic pamphlets attracted considerable
crowd. It was some time before it was
| known that the mysterious vender was Mrs.
Parsons and in trice the street was packed
with curious spectators. Finally couple OF
| officers came up and took Mrs: Parsons be;
fore Chief Ebersold. That official
decided that Mrs. Parsons had the
same right to sell her books that
! other vendors of literature had, and said
she might continue in the book business as
long as she pleased, provided she did not
blockade the sidewalks and streets: Ac-
cordingly on returning to the Office and get
standing in front of the building, walked
briskly down the street to the post Office
handing out books faster than she could
make change. On gaining the steps at the
government building she once more was sur
rounded by large crowd ana was told by
deputy marshal to move on. She obeyed
and continued to walk through the streets
up stairs and sank nearly fainting, into q
chair in Devine's Office. In the few hours
she was out she sold nearly 5000 copies Of
the book at cents each. &
Governor Oglesby -Committal.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.-November 1.-THE su-
preme courts decision on the application
communicated to Governor Oglesby just as
he was starting to dinner to-day. He made
no remark whatever, but inquired when the
attorney general would arrive from Wash
ington, and then resumed his walk. Later
in the day, when he was questioned
as to his probable course in the
case, he said it would, be improper
would not do, adding what would be thought
of court which peddled out its opinion be-
fore it was ready to make public an
nouncement. It is apparently understood
that the governor does not consider the case
to have been yet brought before him in the
form prescribed by the statute, and that he
in fact regards compliance with the statute
n
were no delegations before the governor in
behalf of the condemned men, and no petit
tions arrived. The mails brought nearly q
dozen personal communications on the sub
ject of clemency, about equally divided as to
appeals and remonstrances, and there the
history of the case for the day ends.
The letters of Lingg, Engel and Fisher,
published in the papers to-day, attracted the
governors attention, but probably no per-
son heard him express an opinion in respect
to them. He did not receive copies of these
letters, and believes they were intended for
the public rather than for him, so that he
hardly expects to receive them. The public
does not seem to know that no petition has
not yet reached the governor, signed by the
condemned men, or by some person or per-
sons acting for them as their employed
agent or attorney, and, as this is statu-
tory requirement, it seems scarcely
possible that the governor can act until
these necessary steps are taken. It is the
opinion here, apparently, that the governor
is practically stopped from interfering in
the case of convicts who refuse er neglect to
ask for clemency, and more particularly so
in the case of men who announce positively
that they do not desire anything but abso- |
lutte pardon. Nobody here supposes the gov
ernor would think of granting full pardon, |
after the course these cases have run through |
the courts. What he would do as to commu-
tation if the application were properly made |
no one can tell.